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Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

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challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 63%.
It’s well written but I just can’t care about it. 
My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

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dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I was good until that last few paragraphs and now I'm crying at work.
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

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fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Oh, to know you aren’t alone! That you weren’t the only one who struggled. Thank you for this.
A Soul to Keep by Opal Reyne

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 3%.
Riddled with poor spelling and clunky writing. Ms. Reyne needs a better editor.
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 58%.
Ran out of time, didn't really care for it. Main character is unlikeable, as are her methods.
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 23%.
Its not that its bad - I'm not in the right space mentally for it is all.
The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer (Large Print) by Dean Jobb

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 12%.
ran out of time on a library book

The Last Necromancer by C.J. Archer

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 57%.
There's potential here, but instead of jumping in, we get a one-sided slow burn that's barely smoldering. Pass